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For some Kenyans, Obama is coming home

A vendor sells American flags at an event attended by Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, in her home town of Kogelo, near Kisumu, in Kenya Saturday, July 18, 2015. President Barack Obama is due to make his first trip as president to Kenya later in the month, the country of his father's birth, to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which brings together business leaders, international organizations and governments. (AP Photo) A vendor sells American flags at an event attended by Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, in her home town of Kogelo, near Kisumu, in Kenya Saturday, July 18, 2015. President Barack Obama is due to make his first trip as president to Kenya later in the month, the country of his father's birth, to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which brings together business leaders, international organizations and governments. (AP Photo)

By Associated Press July 22, 2015 1 min read

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Karibu Kenya, President Obama. Welcome to Kenya.

For many Kenyans, the Swahili-language slogan will be more than just a polite greeting when the American president visits the country where his father was born, his first trip to Kenya since he was a U.S. senator in 2006. They see it as a homecoming for Obama, who has written with depth and emotion about his Kenyan roots but may not have much time to explore them this time, enveloped as he will be by official duties and the White House security structure.

Obama is expected to address a meeting on international entrepreneurship.

Ahead of the visit, U.S. and Kenyan flags line the road leading from Nairobi’s main airport. Some Kenyans have adopted an Obama speech segment as their cellphone ringtone.